Download Connector/MXJ and copy the mysql-connector-mxj-gpl-[ver].jar file to the $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/lib directory.

If you are using Connector/MXJ v5.0.4 or later you will also need to copy the mysql-connector-mxj-gpl-[ver]-db-files.jar file to $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/lib.

Download Connector/J and copy the mysql-connector-java-5.1.5-bin.jar file to the $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/lib directory.

Create an MBean service xml file in the $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy directory with any attributes set, for instance the datadir and autostart.

Set the JDBC parameters of your web application to use:

String driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
String url = "jdbc:mysql:///test?propertiesTransform="+
             "com.mysql.management.jmx.ConnectorMXJPropertiesTransform";
String user = "root";
String password = "";
Class.forName(driver);
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password);